A McHenry County Jury returned a verdict of two counts of aggravated operating a watercraft while under the influence of alcohol. This is according to a report from the office of McHenry County State's Attorney Louis A. Bianchi.
The offenses were aggravated because the defendant was involved in a boating collision that resulted in the death of Nicole Jurgens.
The trial lasted five days during which witnesses testified that the defendant's blood alcohol level was over twice the legal limit when he was tested approximately an hour and a half after his boat struck a small fishing boat on Wonder Lake in the early morning hours of July 6, 2008.
The offenses are class two felonies and are punishable by a sentence of between three and fourteen years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for November 5, 2010. The case was prosecuted by Assistant State's Attorneys Michael Comb and Patrick Kenneally.
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